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{{also|Animal|animâl}}
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==English==
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===Pronunciation===
* {{enPR|ăn'ĭməl|a=UK,US}}, {{IPA|en|/ˈæn.ɪ.məl/}}
* {{audio|en|en-us-animal.ogg|a=US}}
* {{IPA|en|/ˈæn.ə.məl/|a=weak vowel}}
* {{hyph|en|an|i|mal}}

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===Etymology 1===
{{root|en|ine-pro|*h₂enh₁-}}
From {{inh|en|enm|animal}}, from {{der|en|fro|animal}}, from {{der|en|la|animal}}, a nominal use of an adjective from {{m|la|animale}}, neuter of {{m|la|animālis}}, from {{m|la|anima|t=breath, spirit}}. Displaced native Middle English {{m|enm|deor|deor, der|animal}} (whence modern {{noncog|en|deer}}; from {{cog|ang|dēor|t=animal}}), {{cog|enm|reother|t=animal, neat}} (whence modern {{noncog|en|rother}}; from {{cog|ang|hriþer|hrīþer, hrȳþer|t=neat, ox}}).

====Noun====
{{en-noun}}

# {{senseid|en|any eukaryote of the clade Animalia}} {{lb|en|science}} Any eukaryote of the clade {{l|mul|Animalia}}; a  {{l|en|multicellular}} {{l|en|organism}} that is usually {{l|en|mobile}}, whose {{l|en|cell}}s are not encased in a rigid {{l|en|cell wall}} (distinguishing it from {{l|en|plant|plants}} and {{l|en|fungi}}) and which derives energy solely from the consumption of other {{l|en|organism}}s (distinguishing it from {{l|en|plant}}s).
#: {{syn|en|creature}}
#: {{hypo|en|human|person}}
#: {{ux|en|Humans, like other '''animals''', need air to breathe and food to eat.}}
#* {{RQ:Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica|edition=2nd|chapter=Of the Cameleon|page=133|passage=It cannot be denied it [the [[chameleon]]] is (if not the moſt of any) a very abſtemious '''animall''', and ſuch as by reaſon of its frigidity, paucity of bloud, and latitancy in the winter (about which time the obſervations are often made) will long ſubſist without a viſible ſuſtentation.}}
# {{senseid|en|any nonhuman member of the kingdom Animalia}} {{lb|en|loosely}} Any member of the kingdom [[Animalia]] other than a {{l|en|human}}.
#: {{syn|en|beast}}
#: {{cot|en|human|person}}
# {{lb|en|loosely}} A higher animal; an animal related to humans.
#: {{usex|en|When he's hungry my toddler opens his mouth like an '''animal''' instead of asking us to feed him.}}
## {{senseid|en|any land-living nonhuman vertebrate}} {{lb|en|colloquial}} A [[tetrapod]]; a land-dwelling nonhuman [[vertebrate]].
##* {{quote-journal|en|year=2013|month=July-August|author=w:Henry Petroski
|title=[http://www.americanscientist.org/issues/pub/2013/4/geothermal-energy Geothermal Energy]
|volume=101|issue=4|magazine=w:American Scientist
|passage=Ancient nomads, wishing to ward off the evening chill and enjoy a meal around a campfire, had to collect wood and then spend time and effort coaxing the heat of friction out from between sticks to kindle a flame. With more settled people, '''animals''' were harnessed to capstans or caged in treadmills to turn grist into meal.}}
## A [[warm-blooded]] animal; a mammal or bird.
## A non-human [[mammal]].
##* {{quote-book|en|year=1971|author=Gwen White|title=Antique Toys And Their Background|page=54|text=Birds are as popular as '''animals''' in the toy kingdom, especially pigeons, owls and domestic hens.}}
##: {{usex|en|I spent my summer studying the '''animals''' and birds of the two islands.}}
# {{senseid|en|person who behaves wildly}} {{lb|en|figuratively}} A person who behaves wildly; a bestial, brutal, brutish, cruel, or inhuman person.
#: {{syn|en|brute|monster|savage}}
#: {{ux|en|My students are '''animals'''.}}
#* {{quote-song|en|lyricist=w:Finneas O'Connell; w:Billie Eilish O'Connell|title=Bad Guy|artist=Billie Eilish|year=2019|text=Own me, I'll let you play the role<br>I'll be your '''animal'''}}
#* {{quote-journal|en-GB|author=Rachel Hall|quotee=Jodie White|title=‘I’ve never seen owt like it’: England fans in Benidorm in high spirits before Euro final|work=The Guardian|date=2024-07-14|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/article/2024/jul/14/ive-never-seen-owt-like-it-england-fans-in-benidorm-in-high-spirits-before-euro-final|issn=0261-3077|passage=She speculated that things could deteriorate later: “I think they’re scared of the English, which is fair; we are '''animals'''.”}}
# {{senseid|en|person of a particular type specified}} {{lb|en|informal}} A person of a particular {{l|en|type}} specified by an adjective.
#: {{ux|en|He's a political '''animal'''.}}
# {{senseid|en|matter or thing}} {{l|en|matter|Matter}}, {{l|en|thing}}.
#: {{co|en|a whole different '''animal'''}}
#: {{co|en|no such '''animal'''}}

=====Hyponyms=====
* See also [[Thesaurus:animal]]

=====Derived terms=====
{{col-auto|en
|advice animal
|animal activist
|animal black
|animal cabinet
|animal charcoal
|animal control officer
|animal cracker
|animal dentistry
|animal dye
|animalesque|Set animal|Typhonian animal|Typhonic animal
|animal experimentation
|animal fat|animal house
|animal feed
|animal flower
|animal food
|animal fries
|animal heat
|animalhood
|animal husbandry
|animalian
|animalicide
|animalish
|animalism
|animalist
|animalistic
|animalivore
|animalivorous
|animalkind
|animal kingdom
|animal liberation|animal sanctuary|small animal
|animal-like
|animally
|animal magnetism
|animaloid
|animal product
|animal protein factor
|animal registry
|animal reminder disgust
|animal rights
|animal science
|animal shelter
|animal tester
|animal testing
|animal welfare
|animal welfarist
|anipal
|antianimal
|assistance animal
|balloon animal
|companimal
|companion animal
|compound animal
|draft animal
|draught animal
|eat like an animal
|emotional support animal
|farm animal
|funny animal
|go the entire animal
|intensive animal farming
|interanimal
|intraanimal
|koranimal
|manimal
|microanimal
|moss animal
|multianimal
|nonanimal
|pack animal
|party animal
|planimal
|plant-animal
|plush animal
|political animal
|power animal
|rare animal
|scape-animal
|service animal
|spirit animal
|stock animal
|stuffed animal
|therapy animal
|wereanimal
|wheel animal
|wild animal
|working animal
|zoo animal
}}

=====Related terms=====
{{rel4
|en|anima
|animalcule
|mul:Animalia
|animalier
|animate
|animus
}}

=====Descendants=====
{{top3}}
* {{desc|bi|anamol}}
* {{desc|tpi|animal}}
* {{desc|eo|animalo|bor=1}}
* {{desc|io|animalo|bor=1}}
* {{desc|vo|nim|bor=1}}
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=====Translations=====
{{see translation subpage|Noun}}

===Etymology 2===
From {{inh|en|enm|animal}}, from {{der|en|la|animālis}}, from either {{m|la|anima|t=breath, spirit}} or {{m|la|animus}}. Originally distinct from the noun, it became associated with attributive use of the noun and is now indistinguishable from it.

====Adjective====
{{en-adj|-}}

# Of or relating to [[animal#Noun|animals]].
#: {{syn|en|beastly|bestial}}
#: {{cot|en|vegetal}}
#: {{co|en|'''animal''' instincts}}
#* {{quote-book|en|author=w:William Cowper|chapter=To the Rev. [[w:William Bull (minister)|William Bull]]|title=Private Correspondence of William Cowper, Esq. with Several of His Most Intimate Friends.{{nb...|Now First Published from the Originals in the Possession of His Kinsman, John Johnson, LL.&nbsp;D. Rector of Yaxham with Welborne in Norfolk.}}|volume=I|location=London|publisher={{...|Printed for}} {{w|Henry Colburn}},{{nb...|New Burlington Street}}, and [[w:Simpkin & Marshall|Simpkin and Marshall]],{{nb...|Stationers’ Hall Court.}}|date=3 June 1783|year_published=1824|page=266|pageurl=https://archive.org/details/privatecorrespon01cowpuoft/page/266/mode/1up|passage=The season has been most unfavourable to '''animal''' life; and I, who am merely '''animal''', have suffered much by it.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|author=[[w:William Martin (naturalist)|William Martin]]|title=Outlines of an Attempt to Establish a Knowledge of Extraneous Fossils, on Scientific Principles.{{nb...|In Two Parts.}}|location=Macclesfield, Cheshire|publisher={{...|Printed by}} J. Wilson. Sold by the Author,{{nb...|Buxton}}; J. White,{{nb...|Fleet-Street}}, and [[w:Longman|Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme]],{{nb...|London.}}|year=1809|page=141|pageurl=https://archive.org/details/outlinesofattemp00martrich/page/141/mode/1up|passage={{nb...|nospace=1}}—according to Sanssure, Abbé Fortis, Bruckenman, Jameson, Dr. Richardson, &c. &c. both '''animal''' and vegetal remains have been detected in Basalt and Wacke.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|author=[[w:Lena, Lady Login|[Lena,] Lady Login]]|chapter=Lucknow|title=Sir John Login and Duleep Singh|location=London|publisher={{w|W. H. Allen & Co.}},{{nb...|13, Waterloo Place, S.W.}}|year=1890|page=78|pageurl=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.208626/page/n102/mode/1up|passage=The body was covered with soft hair, and though undoubtedly human, it was very '''animal''' in its instincts and ways.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|author=[[w:Wilhelm Max Müller|W[ilhelm] Max Müller]]|chapter=[Egyptian Mythology] Worship of Animals and Men|editors=w:Louis Herbert Gray; w:George Foot Moore|title=[[w:The Mythology of All Races|The Mythology of All Races{{nb...|In Thirteen Volumes}}]]|volume=!XII (Egyptian; Indo-Chinese)|location=Boston, Mass.|publisher=Marshall Jones Company|year=1918|page=167|pageurl=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.282278/page/n188/mode/1up|passage=The unsatisfactory material at our command, however, renders it difficult to determine why we cannot prove a worship of a living incarnation for every deity who is represented on the monuments in a form either wholly or partially '''animal'''. We must wonder why, for example, the sacred hawk or hawks of Horus at Edfu (who never has human form) are scarcely mentioned.}}
#* {{RQ:Lawrence England|page=243|passage=He looked down at the tangled wet hair, the wild, bare, '''animal''' shoulders.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|author=w:Jeet Thayil|title=[[w:Narcopolis (novel)|Narcopolis]]|location=New York, N.Y.|publisher=[[w:Penguin Group|The Penguin Press]]|year=2012|page=216|pageurl=https://archive.org/details/narcopolisanovel00thay/page/216/mode/1up|isbn=978-1-59420-330-5|passage=I thought: if pain is the thing shared by all living creatures, then I’m no longer human or '''animal''' or vegetal; I am unplugged from the tick of metabolism; I am mineral.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|author=Joseph M. Luguya|chapter=Part 1: The Demented Scholar|title=Humans: The Untold Story of Adam and Eve and their Descendants|volume=!one (The Thesis)|location=Silver Spring, Md.|publisher=Original Books|month=August|year=2015|page=46|pageurl=https://archive.org/details/humansuntoldstor0000lugu_k4o6/page/46/mode/1up|isbn=978-1517447847|passage=In any case, the argument the inhabitants of these parts would have advanced as their strongest one against the so-called chastity belt would, of course, have been that living species, whether '''animal''' or vegetative, were made the way they were for an obvious reason.}}
# Raw, base, unhindered by social codes.
#: {{syn|en|animalistic|beastly|bestial|untamed|wild}}
#: {{co|en|'''animal''' passions}}
# Pertaining to the [[spirit]] or [[soul]]; relating to sensation or innervation.
#* {{quote-text|en|year=2003|author=Roy Porter|title=Flesh in the Age of Reason|page=47|publisher=Penguin|year_published=2004
|passage=To explain what activated the flesh, ‘'''animal''' spirits’ were posited, superfine fluids which shuttled between the mind and the vitals, conveying messages and motion.}}
# {{lb|en|slang|Ireland}} [[excellent|Excellent]].

=====Derived terms=====
{{col3|en
|animal-industrial complex
|animalize
|animally
|animalness
|animal pole
|animal spirits
|humanimal
|nonanimal
|semianimal
|superanimal
|vegetoanimal
}}

=====Translations=====
{{trans-top|of animals}}
* Albanian: {{t+|sq|kafshë}}
* Asturian: {{t+|ast|animal}}
* Breton: {{t|br|loenel}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|животински|m}}, {{t+|bg|необуздан|m}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|animal}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|zvířecí}}
* Danish: {{t|da|dyrisk}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|dierlijk}}, {{t+|nl|dierlijke}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|eläin}}- {{qualifier|in compounds}}
* French: {{t+|fr|animal}}
* Galician: {{t+|gl|animal}}
* German: {{t+|de|tierisch}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|ζωώδης}}
* Hebrew: {{t|he|חַיָּתִי|m|tr=ḥayyatí}}
* Hindi: {{t+|hi|हैवानी}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|állati}}
* Icelandic: {{t|is|dýrslegur}}
* Ido: {{t+|io|animala}}, {{t+|io|animalala}}
* Indonesian: {{t+|id|binatang}}, {{t+|id|hewan}}, {{t+|id|satwa}}
* Interlingua: {{t|ia|animal}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|ainmhíoch}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|animale}}
* Japanese: {{t|ja|生き物の|tr=ikimono no}}
* Kabuverdianu: {{t|kea|limária}}, {{t|kea|bitxu}}
* Kurdish:
*: Central Kurdish: {{t|ckb|حەیوانی}}
*: Northern Kurdish: {{t+|kmr|ajal}}
* Latin: {{t+|la|animalis}}
* Latvian: {{t+|lv|dzīvnieka}}, {{t|lv|dzīvniecisks}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|живо́тински}}
* Malay:
*: Jawi: {{t+|ms|بيناتڠ}}, {{t+|ms|حيوان}}, {{t+|ms|ستوا}}
*: Rumi: {{t+|ms|binatang}}, {{t+|ms|haiwan}}, {{t+|ms|satwa}}
* Middle English: {{t|enm|bestial}}
* Norwegian: {{t|no|dyrisk}}
*: Bokmål: {{t|nb|animalsk}}
*: Nynorsk: {{t|nn|animalsk}}
* Old English: {{t|ang|dēoren}}
* Persian: {{t+|fa|حیوانی|tr=heyvâni}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|zwierzęcy}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|animal}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|animal}}, {{t+|ro|animalic}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|звери́ный|m}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|анималан}}, {{t|sh|животињски}}
*: Roman: {{t+|sh|animalan}}, {{t+|sh|životinjski}}
* Slovak: {{t|sk|zvierací|m}}
* Slovene: {{t|sl|živálski}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|animal}}
* Swahili: {{t|sw|kinyama}}, {{t+|sw|mifugo}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|djurisk}}
* Tagalog: {{t+|tl|hayop}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|hayvansal}}, {{t+|tr|hayvanca}}, {{t|tr|hayvanî}}
* Zazaki: {{t|zza|heywani}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|unhindered by social codes}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|животински|n-p}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|animal}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|eläimellinen}}
* Galician: {{t+|gl|animal}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|άγριος}}
* Hebrew: {{t|he|חַיָּתִי|m|tr=ḥayyatí}}, {{t|he|בַּהֲמִי|m|tr=behemí}}
* Icelandic: {{t|is|dýrslegur}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|ainmhíoch}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|animale}}
* Latvian: {{t|lv|dzīvniecisks}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|живо́тински}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|animal}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|sălbatic}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|анималан}}, {{t|sh|животињски}}
*: Roman: {{t+|sh|animalan}}, {{t+|sh|životinjski}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|animal}}
* Swahili: {{t|sw|kinyama}}, {{t+|sw|mifugo}}
* Turkish: {{t|tr|hayvanî}}, {{t+|tr|hayvanca}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|of soul}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|animaalinen}}, {{t|fi|sielullinen}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|lelki}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|animale}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|ду́шевен}}
* Middle English: {{t|enm|animal}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|sufletesc}}
{{trans-bottom}}

===See also===
* [[Appendix:Animals|Wiktionary appendix of terms relating to animals]]

===Further reading===
* {{R:OneLook}}
* {{R:Keywords 21st}}
* {{R:Century 1911}}
* {{R:Britannica Dictionary}}
* {{R:Ozdic}}
* {{R:WordReference Collocations}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=aailmn|maalin|Almain|lamian|aminal|Manila|lamina|al-Amin|Milana|Alamin|almain|Malian|manila}}

{{cln|en|autohyponyms}}

==Asturian==

===Etymology===
{{bor+|ast|la|animal}}.

===Pronunciation===
{{ast-IPA}}
* {{rhyme|ast|al|s=3}}
* {{hyph|ast|a|ni|mal}}

===Adjective===
{{ast-adj-mf|pl=animales}}

# {{l|en|animal}}

===Noun===
{{ast-noun|m|animales}}

# {{l|en|animal}}

{{C|ast|Animals}}

==Catalan==

===Etymology===
{{bor+|ca|la|animal}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{ca-IPA}}
* {{audio|ca|LL-Q7026 (cat)-Millars-animal.wav|a=Valencian}}
* {{rhyme|ca|al|s=3}}
* {{hyph|ca|a|ni|mal}}

===Adjective===
{{ca-adj}}

# {{l|en|animal}}

===Noun===
{{ca-noun|m}}

# {{l|en|animal}}

====Derived terms====
* {{l|ca|animalada}}
* {{l|ca|animalitzar|t=to animalize}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:ca:IEC2}}
* {{R:ca:GDLC}}
* {{R:ca:DNV}}
* {{R:ca:DCVB}}

{{C|ca|Animals}}

==Cebuano==

===Etymology===
Borrowed from {{bor|ceb|es|animal}}, from {{der|ceb|la|animal}}, a nominal use of an adjective from {{m|la|animale}}, neuter of {{m|la|animālis}}, from {{m|la|anima|t=breath, spirit}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{ceb-IPA|animál}}
* {{hyph|ceb|a|ni|mal}}

===Noun===
{{ceb-noun|animál}}

# {{l|en|animal}}
# {{lb|ceb|derogatory}} [[rascal]]
#: {{syn|ceb|banyaga}}
# {{lb|ceb|sometimes humurous}} a [[crazy]] person

===Adjective===
{{ceb-adj|animál}}

# {{lb|ceb|sometimes|_|humorous}} [[crazy]]
# [[contemptible]], deserving contempt
# [[ruthless]]; without [[pity]] or [[compassion]]; [[cruel]], [[pitiless]]

===Interjection===
{{head|ceb|interjection|head=animál}}

# {{lb|ceb|vulgar}} {{n-g|used as an expression of [[disgust]], [[anger]], etc.}}

==French==

===Etymology===
{{bor+|fr|la|animal}}. Compare the archaic inherited doublet {{doublet|fr|aumaille|notext=1}} and its variant {{doublet|fr|armaille|notext=1}}, both from the Latin neuter plural {{m|la|animālia}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{fr-IPA}}
* {{audio|fr|Fr-un animal-fr.ogg|(un animal)}}
* {{audio|fr|Fr-animal.ogg}}
* {{homophones|fr|animale|animales}}

===Noun===
{{fr-noun|m}}

# {{l|en|animal}}
#: {{syn|fr|bête|bestiole}}

====Derived terms====
{{col3|fr
|animal de compagnie
|animal domestique
|animalerie
|droits des animaux
|règne animal
|reine des animaux
|roi des animaux
}}

===Adjective===
{{fr-adj}}

# {{l|en|animal}}
#: {{syn|fr|bestial}}
#: {{ant|fr|végétal}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:fr:TLFi}}

===Anagrams===
* {{l|fr|lamina}}

{{C|fr|Animals}}

==Galician==

===Etymology===
{{lbor|gl|la|animal}}.

===Pronunciation===
{{gl-pr}}
* {{hyph|gl|a|ni|mal}}

===Adjective===
{{gl-adj}}

# {{l|en|animal}}

===Noun===
{{gl-noun|m}}

# {{l|en|animal}}

{{C|gl|Animals}}

==Haitian Creole==

===Etymology===
From {{der|ht|fr|animal}}, from {{der|ht|la|animal}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|ht|/a.ni.mal/}}

===Noun===
{{head|ht|noun}}

# {{l|en|animal}} <!-- This language section up to here was created using Template:new ht entry -->
#: {{syn|ht|zannimo}}

{{C|ht|Animals}}

==Ilocano==

===Etymology===
{{bor+|ilo|es|animal}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{ilo-IPA|animál}}
* {{hyph|ilo|a|ni|mal}}

===Noun===
{{ilo-noun|animál}}

# {{l|en|animal}}
#: {{syn|ilo|ayup}}

==Interlingua==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|ia|/a.niˈmal/}}

===Noun===
{{ia-noun|es}}

# {{l|en|animal}}

==Kabuverdianu==

===Etymology===
From {{der|kea|pt|animal}}.

===Noun===
{{head|kea|noun}}

# [[beast]]
# {{l|en|animal}}

==Kapampangan==

===Etymology===
{{bor+|pam|es|animal}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{pam-IPA}}
* {{hyph|pam|a|ni|mal}}

===Noun===
{{pam-noun}}

# {{l|en|animal}}
#: {{syn|pam|ayup}}

==Latin==

===Etymology===
{{root|la|ine-pro|*h₂enh₁-}}
From {{m|la|animāle}}, nominative neuter singular of {{m|la|animālis}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{la-IPA|animal}}

===Noun===
{{la-noun|animal<3>}}

# {{l|en|animal}}
# [[living]] [[creature]]

====Declension====
{{la-ndecl|animal<3>}}

====Synonyms====
* {{l|la|bestia}}

====Related terms====
{{rel3
|la|anima
|animō
|animus
}}

====Descendants====
{{top3}}
* {{desc|rup|nãmalj|nãmaljiu}}
* {{desc|co|animale}}
* {{desc|dlm|animuol|animul}}
* {{desc|frp|armalye}}
* {{desc|fro|almaille}}
** {{desc|frm|almaille}}
*** {{desc|fr|aumaille|armaille}}
* {{desc|fur|nemâl}}
* {{desc|it|animale}}
** {{desc|mt|annimal|bor=1}}
* {{desc|roa-opt|almallo}}
** {{desc|gl|almallo}}
** {{desc|pt|almalho|alimanha|alimária}}
* {{desc|rgn|animêl}}
* {{desc|ro|nămaie}}
* {{desc|scn|armali|armalu}}
* {{desc|es|alimaña|almaje}}
* {{desc|roa-tar|anemale}}
* {{desc|vec|animal|anemal}}

Borrowings:
* {{desc|an|animal|bor=1}}
* {{desc|ast|animal|bor=1}}
* {{desc|eu|animalia|bor=1}}
* {{desc|br|aneval|bor=1}}
* {{desc|ca|animal|bor=1}}
* {{desc|frp|animal|bor=1}}
* {{desc|fur|animâl|bor=1}}
* {{desc|gl|animal|bor=1}}
* {{desc|io|animalo|bor=1}} {{q|also from various others}}
* {{desc|ia|animal|bor=1}}
* {{desc|mwl|animal|bor=1}}
* {{desc|oc|animal|bor=1}}
* {{desc|fro|animal|bor=1}}
** {{desc|frm|animal}}
*** {{desc|fr|animal}}
**** {{desc|ht|animal}}
**** {{desc|ro|animal|bor=1}}
** {{desc|bor=1|enm|animal|animale}}
*** {{desc|en|animal}}
**** {{desc|ceb|animal|bor=1}}
**** {{desc|eo|animalo|bor=1}} {{q|also from French}}
**** {{desc|tpi|animal|bor=1}}
*** {{desc|sco|ainimal}}
** {{desc|nrf|animâ}} {{qualifier|France}}, {{l|nrf|annima}} {{qualifier|Jersey}}
* {{desc|pt|animal|bor=1}}
** {{desc|kea|animal}}
** {{desc|pap|animal}}
* {{desc|rm|animal|bor=1}}
* {{desc|es|animal|bor=1}}
* {{desc|cy|anifail|bor=1}}
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===References===
* {{R:L&S}}
* {{R:Elementary Lewis}}
* {{R:du Cange}}
* {{R:Gaffiot}}
* {{R:M&A}}

{{C|la|Zoology}}

==Middle English==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|enm|/aniˈmaːl/|/aˈnimal/}}

===Etymology 1===
Borrowed from {{bor|enm|fro|animal}}, from {{der|enm|la|animal}}.

====Alternative forms====
* {{alter|enm|animale}}

====Noun====
{{enm-noun|animales}}

# An {{l|en|animal}} (considered to include humans)

=====Descendants=====
* {{desc|en|animal}} {{see desc}}
* {{desc|sco|ainimal}}

=====References=====
* {{R:MED Online|entry=animāl |pos=n|id=MED1656|accessdate=2019-01-16}}

===Etymology 2===
Borrowed from {{bor|enm|la|animālis}}.

====Alternative forms====
* {{alter|enm|animale|animall|anymal|anymall}}

====Adjective====
{{enm-adj}}

# Related to the [[soul]] or [[spirit]] of a living being (i.e. [[sentience]] or [[sapience]])

=====Descendants=====
* {{desc|en|animal}}

=====References=====
* {{R:MED Online|entry=animāl |pos=adj|id=MED1657|accessdate=2019-01-16}}

{{C|enm|Animals}}

==Middle French==

===Noun===
{{frm-noun|m|animaux|pl2=animaulx}}

# {{l|en|animal}}
#: {{syn|frm|beste}}

==Papiamentu==

===Etymology===
From {{der|pap|pt|animal}} and {{der|pap|es|animal}}.

===Noun===
{{head|pap|noun}}

# [[beast]]
# {{l|en|animal}}

==Portuguese==
{{was fwotd|pt|2020|October|4}}
{{wp|lang=pt}}
{{picdic|image=Lightmatter chimp.jpg
|detail1=
{{picdicimg|pt|image=Eukaryota diversity 2.jpg|link=organismo}}
|detail2=
{{picdicimg|pt|image=Tiger in the water.jpg|link=mamífero}}
{{picdicimg|pt|image=Discus fish.jpg|link=peixe}}
{{picdicimg|pt|image=Notophthalmus viridescensPCCA20040816-3983A.jpg|link=anfíbio}}
{{picdicimg|pt|image=Tuatara.jpg|link=réptil}}
{{picdicimg|pt|image=Cyanocitta cristata FWS.jpg|link=ave}}
{{picdicimg|pt|image=Osmia rufa couple (aka).jpg|link=inseto}}}}

===Etymology===
{{lbor|pt|la|animal}}. {{doublet|pt|alimária}}.

===Pronunciation===
{{pt-IPA}}
* {{rhymes|pt|al|q1=Portugal|aw|q2=Brazil|s=3}}
* {{hyphenation|pt|a|ni|mal}}

===Adjective===
{{pt-adj|sup=+abs}}

# {{lb|pt|biology}} {{l|en|animal}} {{gloss|relating to animals}}
#* {{quote-book|pt|year=2000|author=Julio S. Inglez de Sousa; et al|title=Enciclopédia agrícola brasileira: E-H|publisher=Editora da Universidade de São Paulo|pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=Pydx4Jb_4-EC&pg=PP227&dq=%22animal%22|page=225
|passage=Em anatomia '''animal''' o termo é de uso muito comum, {{...}}|t=The term is very commonly used in '''animal''' anatomy, {{...}}}}
# {{lb|pt|derogatory|of a person}} [[brute]] {{gloss|senseless, unreasoning}}
#* {{seeCites|pt}}
# {{lb|pt|Brazil|colloquial}} [[cool]]; [[awesome]]
#* {{quote-book|pt|year=2015|author=Juliana Rosenthal K.|title=Save the Day|publisher=Buqui|pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=CWUACwAAQBAJ&pg=PT52&dq=%22animal%22|page=52
|passage=É, tava '''animal''' mesmo — Bia mal consegue falar.|t=Yeah, it really was '''wild''' — Bia can barely speak.}}

===Noun===
{{pt-noun|m}}

# {{lb|pt|biology}} {{l|en|animal}} {{gloss|any member of the kingdom Animalia}}
#* {{quote-book|pt|year=2020|author=Petrônio Braz|title=Léxico dos Gerais|publisher=Chiado Books|pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=HV3qDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT481&dq=%22animais%22|page=481
|passage=Primatas — '''Animais''' mamíferos, da ordem Primata, que compreende os macacos, antropóides e o homem.|t=Primates — Mammalian '''animals''', of the order Primata, which comprises monkeys/apes, anthropoids and man.}}
# {{lb|pt|non-scientific usage}} {{l|en|animal}} {{gloss|an animal other than a human, especially a vertebrate}}
#* '''2007''', Daniela Ikawa, ''Valor humano intrínseco e redistribuição social'' in '''2007''', Flávia Piovesan, Daniela Ikawa, ''Direitos Humanos: Fundamento, Proteção e Implementação'', volume 2, Juruá Editora, [https://books.google.com/books?id=tP3eeZRM2icC&pg=PA44&dq=%22animais%22 page 44]:
#*: {{quote|pt|Separar os dois grupos — humanos e '''animais''' requereria, dentro dos limites da teoria relativa à dor e ao sofrimento, {{...}}|Separating the two groups — humans and '''animals''' would require, within the limits of the theory relating to pain and suffering, {{...}}}}
#: {{syn|pt|besta|bicho}}
# {{lb|pt|colloquial}} [[twat]]; [[idiot]]; [[moron]]
#* {{quote-book|pt|year=1979|author=Wilson Bacelar de Oliveira|title=Os meus fantasmas|publisher=Editora Comunicação|pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=gpctAAAAYAAJ&q=%22animal%22|page=490
|passage=Escute aqui, seu '''animal''', então você brigou com o companheiro?|t=Listen up, you '''dumbass''', so you fought with [your] mate?}}
#: {{syn|pt|idiota|retardado|burro|imbecil|débil mental|besta}}
# {{lb|pt|colloquial}} [[beast]] {{gloss|a cruel person}}
#* {{quote-book|pt|year=2007|author=Creso Balduíno|title=O verso do ser|publisher=Editora Revan|pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=84xlAAAAMAAJ&dq=%22animal%22|page=170
|passage=Josuel é um '''animal''' repulsivo, uma besta humana.|t=Josuel is a repulsive '''beast''', a human beast.}}
#: {{syn|pt|monstro}}

====Derived terms====
{{col-auto|pt
|animal de estimação
|animalizar
|animalzão
|animalzinho
|animal selvagem
|animal doméstico
|animal de criação}}

==Romanian==

===Alternative forms===
* {{alt|ro|анимал||new cyrl}}

===Etymology===
{{bor+|ro|fr|animal}}, from {{der|ro|la|animal}}. {{dbt|ro|nămaie}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|ro|/a.niˈmal/}}
* {{audio|ro|LL-Q7913 (ron)-Andreea Teodoraa-animal.wav|q=female voice}}
* {{rhyme|ro|al|s=3}}
* {{hyph|ro|a|ni|mal}}

===Adjective===
{{ro-adj|4}}

# {{l|en|animal}}, [[animalistic]]
# [[brutal]]

====Declension====
{{ro-adj-4}}

===Adverb===
{{ro-adv}}

# [[brutally]]

===Noun===
{{ro-noun|n|animale}}

# {{l|en|animal}}

====Declension====
{{ro-noun-n}}

==Romansch==

===Etymology===
Borrowed from {{bor|rm|la|animal}}.

===Noun===
{{rm-noun|m}}

# {{lb|rm|Rumantsch Grischun|Sursilvan|Sutsilvan|Surmiran|Vallader}} {{l|en|animal}}

====Synonyms====
* {{qualifier|Rumantsch Grischun|Sursilvan|Surmiran}} {{l|rm|biestg}}
* {{qualifier|Rumantsch Grischun|Sutsilvan}} {{l|rm|bestga}}
* {{qualifier|Sursilvan}} {{l|rm|tier}}, {{l|rm|bestia}}
* {{qualifier|Puter|Vallader}} {{l|rm|bes-cha}}

{{C|rm|Animals}}

==Spanish==

===Etymology===
{{bor+|es|la|animal}}. See also {{doublet|es|alimaña|notext=1}}, an inherited doublet.

===Pronunciation===
{{es-pr|+<audio:LL-Q1321 (spa)-Millars-animal.wav<a:Spain>>}}

===Adjective===
{{es-adj}}

# {{l|en|animal}}

===Noun===
{{es-noun|m}}

# {{l|en|animal}}

====Derived terms====
{{col-auto|es
|animal de carga
|animal de compañía
|animal doméstico
|animal salvaje
|animal terrestre
|animalada
|animalero
|animalesco
|animalillo
|animalismo
|animalista
|animalístico
|animalito
|animalizar
|animalmente
|animalucho
|derechos de los animales
|protectora de animales
}}

====Related terms====
{{col-auto|es
|animálculo
|animalidad}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:es:DRAE}}

===Anagrams===
* {{l|es|lámina}}
* {{l|es|lamina}}

==Tagalog==

===Etymology===
{{bor+|tl|es|animal}}, from {{der|tl|la|animal}}.

===Pronunciation===
{{tl-pr|animál}}

===Noun===
{{tl-noun|animál|b=+}}

# [[beast]]; [[brute]]; [[creature]]
#: {{syn|tl|halimaw|hayop}}
# {{lb|tl|derogatory}} [[brutish]] [[person]]; [[inhuman]] [[person]]
#: {{syn|tl|hayop|bruto|bestiya}}

====Derived terms====
{{der3|tl|kaanimalan|pagkaanimal}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|tl|a=aailmn|alamin|Manila}}

==Tok Pisin==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|tpi|en|animal}}.

===Noun===
{{head|tpi|noun}}

# {{l|en|animal}} {{gloss|any member of the kingdom [[Animalia]] that is not a human}}
#: {{syn|tpi|abus}}
#* {{RQ:Buk Baibel|Jenesis|1|25|passage=God i kamapim ol kain kain '''animal''' bilong ples na ol bikpela na liklik '''animal''' bilong bus. God i lukim olgeta dispela samting i gutpela, na em i amamas.}}